Program

7 Apr 2018 - 8 Apr 2018

Tomáš Přidal at The European Poetry Festival

Czech poet and illustrator Tomáš Přidal is coming to The European Poetry Festival 2018. The festival brings together some of the finest literary and avant-garde poets of this generation, to London and across the UK, to collaborate, perform and share the brilliance of contemporary European literature.

Performance Literature and Sound Poetry8 April 2018, 7.30 pm doors for 8 pm start
IKLECTIK, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane. SE1 7LG
Free entryEuropean poetry is going through a remarkable renaissance in avant-garde and
innovative practise. At the forefront of this movement are a series of poets
exploring the possibilities of performance, liveness, space, time and sound.
This event is a unique opportunity to witness firsthand the possibilities of an
old art in a new century. Curated by Simon Pomery and SJ Fowler.

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About Tomáš PřidalPoet and illustrator Tomáš Přidal has published seven printed books of
poetry and prose including Everything has the Colour of Soap (1996), A Hiccough
from the Viewpoint of Literary Theory (1998), Man in my Bath (2000), Deposited
Conversations (2003), The Coconut Ape (2004), Voices in a Biscuit (2007), Piquant
Cops (2011) and two online books, Pontiak (2011) and Chair fears not the dead
(2014). Selections from his works were published in magazine Quorum (Tomáš
Přidal: Čovjek u mojoj kadi, Quorum, Zagreb, 2010) and in antology Irreal
Reader / Fiction & Essays from The Cafe Irreal (Tucson, Arizona, 2013). His
poems and drawings were published in electronic magazines Word For/Word: A
Journal of New Writing, 3:AM Magazine, Cafe Irreal, E·ratio Poetry Journal,
Pider, in literary
journals Abwärts, Stadtgelichter, Der
Maulkorb or in the
comics magazine Stripburger. He illustrated the books of other authors,
for example Chimney-sweep ships (Ivan Wernisch), The Extraordinary Adventures
of Prince Chicory (Patrik Ouředník), Pop's Drunk Again (Dušan Čater), Everyday
Spooks (Karel Michal). He plays the guitar in the duo Deceased
Squirrel On The Phone, which published album Strawberry Cough in 2018.